EP 1289439 B1 20050316 - SURGICAL ABLATION PROBE FOR FORMING A CIRCUMFERENTIAL LESION
Title (en)
SURGICAL ABLATION PROBE FOR FORMING A CIRCUMFERENTIAL LESION
Title (de)
CHIRURGISCHE ABLATIONSSONDE ZUM FORMEN EINER RINGFÖRMIGEN LÄSION
Title (fr)
SONDE D'ABLATION CHIRURGICALE PERMETTANT DE PRATIQUER UNE LESION CIRCULAIRE
Publication
Application
Priority
- US 0118724 W 20010608
- US 21287900 P 20000613
Abstract (en)
[origin: US2003181901A1] This invention is a circumferential ablation device assembly and method which is adapted to form a circumferential conduction block in a pulmonary vein. The assembly generally comprises a handheld surgical ablation probe having a rigid shaft for insertion through a patient's chest and a circumferential ablation element mounted on the distal end portion of the shaft. The circumferential ablation element is adapted to ablate a circumferential region of tissue along a pulmonary vein wall which circumscribes the pulmonary vein lumen. The circumferential ablation element includes an expandable member for anchoring the distal end portion of the shaft in a body structure and an ultrasound transducer disposed within the expandable member for emitting ultrasonic energy to ablate the tissue in the pulmonary vein.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
A61B 18/20 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/02 (2006.01); A61B 18/04 (2006.01); A61B 18/12 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 18/18 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
A61B 18/1492 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 18/08 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 18/1402 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 2018/00065 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 2018/00083 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 2018/00095 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 2018/00136 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 2018/00148 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 2018/00214 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 2018/00238 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 2018/00285 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 2018/00351 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 2018/00369 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 2018/00375 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 2018/00678 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 2018/00761 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 2018/00791 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 2018/00797 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 2018/00821 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 2018/00839 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 2018/00886 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 2018/0091 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 2018/1407 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 2018/1472 (2013.01 - EP US); A61N 7/02 (2013.01 - EP US)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 0195820 A1 20011220; AT E290827 T1 20050415; AU 2001266824 B2 20050512; AU 6682401 A 20011224; CA 2411938 A1 20011220; CA 2411938 C 20090804; DE 60109444 D1 20050421; DE 60109444 T2 20060413; EP 1289439 A1 20030312; EP 1289439 B1 20050316; ES 2240470 T3 20051016; JP 2004503290 A 20040205; JP 5089844 B2 20121205; US 2002019627 A1 20020214; US 2003181901 A1 20030925; US 6752805 B2 20040622
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 0118724 W 20010608; AT 01944409 T 20010608; AU 2001266824 A 20010608; AU 6682401 A 20010608; CA 2411938 A 20010608; DE 60109444 T 20010608; EP 01944409 A 20010608; ES 01944409 T 20010608; JP 2002510006 A 20010608; US 37446803 A 20030226; US 87762001 A 20010608